GPT-5.6 used a prompt to close a 30-year gap in convex optimization

	GPT-5.6 used a prompt to close a 30-year gap in convex optimization(old.reddit.com)
	595 points by mbustamanter 2 days ago \| 390 comments
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	HN Discussion: ↑Acknowledges the result as a real but niche contribution to the field ↓The achievement is overstated since the author fed prior work and techniques into the prompt ↓Skeptical because the proof is not yet peer reviewed ↑Celebrates AI making intelligence cheap and vindicates its mathematical utility •Questions about implementation details and comparisons to other unsolved problems